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    New Cobra hg 2000 is no good

    The antenna went from having a great swr 1:2 to going off the charts and the light on my radio going off indicating an antenna problem. The SWR is off the charts now, over 3. That is what made me think it was a coax problem. As far as a short from the antenna shaft to the base, no. It only...
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    New Cobra hg 2000 is no good

    I think it is the connector. It must be where the short is. The Cobra is all press fitted so you can't take it apart. The atenna looks well made but I have never purchased an antenna that had defective coax out of the box. I purchased the antenna from GI joes and they said the same thing as...
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    New Cobra hg 2000 is no good

    I bought a cobra hg 2000 antenna new about a week ago. I just tried to install it and it has coax problems. SWR is off the charts and antenna damage lights up on the radio. I checked it with an ohm meter and the coax is bad. This is the antenna with the huge gold coil that is supose to...
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    Midland 4001 40th Anniversary model

    I'm new to the board and have a question maybe you guys can answer. I've bought a pair of maxon 45cbw of the net b/c they can easily converted to 120 channels with just two soldering bridges. The problem is they work great for about 6 months and then just quit TX or RX. This has happened...